CVE-2011-0697 Cross-site scripting in django

What is CVE-2011-0697?

CVE-2011-0697 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Djangoproject Django, published on 14 Feb 2011. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Django 1.1.x before 1.1.4 and 1.2.x before 1.2.5 might allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a filename associated with a file upload.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-0697?

5 open source packages ship an affected version, including django and Django. It affects 1 product.

Products include Djangoproject Django.

How do I fix CVE-2011-0697?

Upgrade django to a fixed version for your release line: 1.1.4 or 1.2.5.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2011-0697 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-0697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-0697, GHSA-8m3r-rv5g-fcpq, PYSEC-2011-11.